The era of the Internet explosion is coming, Duke knows very well that those things in the past will soon be dug up, and there is no need to avoid it now, grab the beer can, raise his head and drink several sips, when he puts down the beer can, Natalie? Portman had already handed him a roasted corn, his bright brown eyes full of curiosity, exactly the look of a gossipy little girl of his age.

Taking a bite of the roasted corn, Duke briefly recalled it and said slowly, "It was in the tenth grade, and I had just transferred from boarding school to Santa Monica Mountain High School, because I had been practicing rugby, and I was able to get into the school's soccer team. ”

"I've read it from gossip newspapers." Natalie winked and said, "They say you've been a quarterback on the varsity football team in high school and college. ”

"I got into the football team and met a very beautiful girl who was part of the cheerleading squad." Duke shrugged his shoulders and gestured down, "Blonde, long-legged, pretty, sexy, I've been courting her, but she, like most people, is biased against transfer students until a game in the California region ......"

"Don't stop." Natalie clasped her hands on her knees and urged, "Go on." ”

"In that game, Mountain Middle School was five points behind in the last minute and had to go to a touchdown." Duke stretched out his legs to sit more comfortably, "Time was running out when the second attack approached halfway, and the third attack either went over for a touchdown or lost the game, and then I sent the first 60-yard pass in the history of the Valley School!" ”

"Turning defeat into victory!"

Duke didn't answer Natalie's words and continued, "We had a crazy celebration that night, and I went from being a disgusted transfer student to being the most popular person on Pie Duì. ”

"You confessed to that blonde girl?"

Hearing Natalie's words, Duke nodded. "That's right, I kissed her on the pie duì, and she didn't refuse."

"Anything else?" Natalie was curious.

Duke smiled, "That night, I had sex with her in the locker room of the football team, my first and hers. ”

"Sure enough." Natalie muttered. Then he asked, "Then why did you break up?" ”

"Do you think she loves me?"

Hearing Duke's words, Natalie shook her head directly, "I don't think she loves you, it's just because you became the school's biggest man." ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly understood something, "You can't generalize, not all girls are like this!" ”

"What about you, Nat?" Duke looked up suddenly. Staring at her closely, "You know that I have thoughts about you, but you keep approaching me, for what?" ”

"I ...... I ......" Natalie didn't expect Duke to ask like this, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm just an ordinary girl, not pretty. It's not sexy, it's not cute. I don't think I'm going to appeal to you, I think we have a lot in common and we can be good friends. ”

"Do you really think so?" Duke turned his head sideways.

"Isn't it good for us to be friends?"

Even if she is smart and precocious enough, Natalie is still only a sixteen-year-old girl, "we are all Jewish ......"

Duke stood up, "Friends need to be trusted. ”

After speaking. He kept his mouth shut, Natalie was silent, trust was easier said than done, how hard was it trying to build?

For the whole night, she couldn't remember how many words she had told the truth. It was impossible to tell how much of Duke's words were false, and the two, like most people in this circle, could not be honest with each other.

"I'm going to New Zealand tomorrow." Duke stood up, "Goodbye, Nat. ”

"Goodbye, Duke."

With a soft sigh, Duke slowly walked forward, getting farther and farther away from the campfire's illumination, and finally disappeared into the darkness completely.

Natalie? Portman ...... He shook his head slightly, since he had decided to let go of all the qiē he had as a teenager, why bother with it?

As she said herself, she is not beautiful, not sexy, and her body appearance is at most of a medium standard in Hollywood.

Will Natalie for the time being? Portman set it aside, and Duke went straight back to his room, ready to leave Fiji early tomorrow morning for New Zealand.

Compared to the huge investment in the next few years, Natalie? What did Portman count?

The crew continues to stay in Fiji for an, Duke and Zach? Schneider rushed to New Zealand and Los Angeles separately, and Duke, needless to say, was naturally for the preparatory work of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Zack? Schneider escorted the film back to Warner Studios, and at the same time met with Mike? Dawson and ILM's computer special effects team prepare for the film's post-production work.

Artistic direction Hannah? Led by Selena, quite a few members of Duke's team, have already met with Charles? Rowan has been working in New Zealand for more than half a year, and although the various production work of the film has not yet begun, the design side is tentatively completed with Duke coming over almost every week to communicate.

Since the film shows an unreal world that has never existed before, all the qiē must be designed and manufactured from scratch, rather than relying on rental to solve, costumes, shapes, sets, props, buildings, carriages, daily necessities, etc., all of which are brand new and have never appeared before.

Middle-earth is not so simple to build, and it takes a lot of time and effort from the director to all the staff.

In the past six months, only the first draft of the design has been completed, and Duke has been constantly communicating with relevant personnel to give comments on various design drawings, and after they have completed the revisions, they will also send them to Los Angeles as soon as possible and hand them over to him for review again.

Fortunately, most of the people here are long-term partners, and it is relatively easy to grasp Duke's ideas.

For example, the design of Habiton was completely approved by Duke, and Charles? Rowan also found a suitable outsourcing company, and then he would contract out the project and choose the right time to build a Habiton that was conducive to filming.

There were also locations, and Duke took advantage of the short time he spent here to go around several new places provided by Charles and found a suitable location for filming.

In addition, there is the preparation of Weta Studios, they have designed various versions of the half-orcs and strong orcs, although Duke vetoed a lot, but some of them have also been approved by him, as well as the improvement and experimentation of motion capture technology, Weta Studios has also made a lot of progress, and it is not a problem to shoot in the studio.

After a week's stay in New Zealand, Duke flew back to Los Angeles, where a lot of work awaited him.

First and foremost is Tina? The negotiations between Faye and Warner Bros. have reached preliminary results, and after several consultations over the week, the two sides have basically reached an agreement that Warner Bros. will exchange its equivalent shares for 30% of Duke's shares, becoming the second largest shareholder of Duke's studios after Duke.

After multiple reviews by lawyers and accountants, Duke and Warner Bros. signed the trade-in agreement in a very low-key manner.

With the completion of the trade-up, Duke's studio was no longer a completely empty shell in Duke's hands, and Duke became the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros. with a 7.5% share and served as one of the board members of Warner Bros. by virtue of the previous increase in shares and the shares obtained from the exchange.

Of course, Duke did not have time to perform this position, and most of the time only one representative was appointed.

After the completion of the large-scale exchange, the interests of the two parties can be said to be more closely tied together, and the profits and losses of Warner Bros. and Duke's studio will be directly related to the earnings of both parties.

In this way, Warner Bros. is bound to participate in the investment of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, although this is not too consistent with Duke's original intention, but it can also reduce his financial pressure, after all, with a huge amount of more than 300 million US dollars to make the trilogy at one time, even if he has a lot of income in recent years, he also feels tight.

The interests of the two sides are closely tied together, and much of the remaining cooperation seems to be a matter of course.

Three days later, Studio Harbport was officially established at Warner Studios, with Duke Studios and Warner Bros. owning 40 percent and 60 percent respectively, but the actual stake calculation became more complicated after the share swap.

The promotion of the Harry Potter series has also been officially put on the agenda, and Duke does not need to be too involved in this regard, Warner Bros. professionals are more experienced than him, and his ability is more suitable, all he needs to do is to cooperate with Warner's plan, and when needed, use his identity as a super director to stand for the Harry Potter series.

A great director is an asset in itself, otherwise where would Duke Studios deserve so much attention from Warner Bros.

Duke also understands that he and Warner Bros. have become a community of interests, and his eyes naturally turn to some of the works that Warner Bros. holds copyrights, but there is no hurry, after all, there is a long "Lord of the Rings" trilogy waiting for him.

Of course, before The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix couldn't be ignored, Zach? Schneider and Mike? Dawson and ILM's special effects crew are already waiting for him at Duke's studio, and the series is about to move to the more important post-production project.

Due to the large number of computer special effects that will be used in the film, and the special effects are extremely time-consuming, Duke deliberately prepared nearly half a year of post-production time for the film, and there is actually nothing to be opportunistic in this regard, otherwise there is only one way to fail for the film.

Only now did Duke realize that he was busier than ever.

The post-production of "The Matrix" has just begun, and Thanksgiving is approaching, and the weekend before Thanksgiving, a film with the highest investment in history will be released in the North American market - "Titanic", in which Duke accounts for a quarter of the investment amount, will be released! (To be continued......)

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